Dr. Maya Angelou's mother, Vivian Baxter, had a reputation for being a fierce, independent and energetic woman. As a mother, she wasn't much different, according to her daughter. But Vivian's strength and passion seemed to make her a better parent for a young adult rather than a small child, Dr. Angelou says.
In this clip from Dr. Angelou's appearance on "Super Soul Sunday," the literary icon and renowned poet tells Oprah about how she was parented by her mother -- something she also explores in her latest book, "Mom & Me & Mom." Oprah says to Dr. Angelou, "You say in the book -- and I've heard you say it before -- that she was not a good mother of young children."
"She was terrible," Dr. Angelou says simply. As an example of how her young mother wasn't well-equipped to parent a small child, Dr. Angelou tells a story about when she was just a toddler.
In this clip from Dr. Angelou's appearance on "Super Soul Sunday," the literary icon and renowned poet tells Oprah about how she was parented by her mother -- something she also explores in her latest book, "Mom & Me & Mom." Oprah says to Dr. Angelou, "You say in the book -- and I've heard you say it before -- that she was not a good mother of young children."
"She was terrible," Dr. Angelou says simply. As an example of how her young mother wasn't well-equipped to parent a small child, Dr. Angelou tells a story about when she was just a toddler.
- 5/16/2013
- by Lisa Capretto
- Huffington Post
The governor-turned-reality-tv-star's new book dives into feminist history-distorting and misunderstanding it every step of the way.
In some ways, it's a good thing that Sarah Palin calls herself a feminist. It means that, even among conservatives, women's equality has become a normative position, the starting point for debate. It means that feminism has gone from something that the right wants to destroy to something it wants to appropriate. That's progress, of a sort.
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But reading Palin's new book, America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag, it's clear that in order to claim feminism as her own, she's had to radically distort its history. In a chapter on feminism that's sure to be widely discussed, she mischaracterizes the views of nearly every historical feminist she mentions.
Sometimes she does it to defame them, other times to make...
In some ways, it's a good thing that Sarah Palin calls herself a feminist. It means that, even among conservatives, women's equality has become a normative position, the starting point for debate. It means that feminism has gone from something that the right wants to destroy to something it wants to appropriate. That's progress, of a sort.
Related story on The Daily Beast: John Boehner's Tea Party Nightmare
But reading Palin's new book, America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag, it's clear that in order to claim feminism as her own, she's had to radically distort its history. In a chapter on feminism that's sure to be widely discussed, she mischaracterizes the views of nearly every historical feminist she mentions.
Sometimes she does it to defame them, other times to make...
- 11/26/2010
- by Michelle Goldberg
- The Daily Beast
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